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Fish Audio vs Cartesia
Fish Audio scores higher overall (7.9 vs 7.7), but the right pick depends on what you need.
Choose Fish Audio if…
Budget-conscious creators who want strong voices and cloning without ElevenLabs prices
7.9/10★★★★★Full review →Choose Cartesia if…
Developers building real-time voice agents and phone bots
7.7/10★★★★★Full review →Side by side
| Fish Audio | Cartesia | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 7.9/10 | 7.7/10 |
| Rank in category | #3 of 10 | #4 of 10 |
| Price | Freemium · from $11/month | Freemium · from $5/month |
| Free version | 8,000 credits a month (up to about 7 minutes), 500 characters per generation | 20,000 credits a month |
| Platforms | Web, API | Web, API |
| Made by | Hanabi AI Inc. | Cartesia AI |
| Voice quality | 8 | 9 |
| Ease of use | 7.5 | 6.5 |
| Features | 8 | 7 |
| Value for money | 9 | 8.5 |
| Platforms | 6 | 6 |
Fish Audio: what the AI does
- S2.1 Pro text-to-speech in 83 languages
- Voice cloning from short samples
- Voice design tools
- 2M+ community voice library
- Speech-to-text
- Very cheap for the quality
- Huge community voice library
- Open-weight models for self-hosting
- Free plan includes cloning
- Free plan caps each generation at 500 characters
- No mobile apps
- Fewer polish and team features than the big studios
Cartesia: what the AI does
- Sonic text-to-speech with very low latency
- Instant and professional voice cloning
- Ink streaming speech-to-text
- Managed voice-agent platform
- On-device and on-premise deployment
- Sonic 3.6 ranks in the top five of the Speech Arena
- Very fast time to first audio
- Cheap $5 entry plan with cloning
- Can run on-device or on-premise
- Built for developers; the playground is basic for voiceover work
- No mobile apps